Being stuck can be draining. You may feel like you can grasp the problem if you spent just a little more time on it. Unfortunately, next thing you know, you've wasted hours making little progress. Next time, if you're stuck and about to give up, spend just 15 more minutes on it—then ask for help.

There are some difficult problems in our work and personal lives that can't be solved with simple step-by-step, systematic strategies. In order to avoid frustration and burnout, you should take on two of these kinds of problems at a time, but no more.

Yosemite has an obnoxious bug where the save sheet in a number of apps is so large that it goes off the screen entirely. It turns out there's a bug that causes a save sheet to grow by 22 pixels every time you use it. Thankfully Six Colors shares a fix.

Some people are paralyzed in their tracks when they hit an obstacle in their lives, while others manage to thrive because of them. Ryan Holiday's The Obstacle Is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph doesn't provide step-by-step instructions on accomplishing your goals, but it does offer a mantra…

Windows: Explaining a problem you're having to someone else is never easy. In Windows, there's a tool called Problem Steps Recorder that can create a document of every step you took while having a problem that you can then share.

Firefighters are always a call away, ready to tackle potentially dangerous situations. But while their job probably carries a ton of stress and responsibility, their methods and tricks can still apply to your job and everyday life.

"We need to see a 5% increase in sales this month," is a quantifiable goal, which is good. However, it's also deeply impersonal. Productivity blog 99u suggests that if you really want to reach this goal, you need to start with the people, not the problem.

Nobody likes a deadline, but they're a necessary evil for getting things done. As Mythbusters host Adam Savage points out in a column for Wired, a deadline is often the absolute most important tool available to you.

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There are some things we're all awesome at, but there are other things we just suck at—whether it's managing our finances or finding time to work out, we've all got something we could work on. Sure, it's easy to blame someone or something else for them. but the first step to fix those things is to acknowledge that we…

iOS: It's been a while since we sat down with the folks at food blog Food52, but they've recently taken the wraps off of their new iPhone app, Food52 Hotline, and if you've ever been caught in the kitchen with a puzzling problem and pages of search results that maybe have a solution inside, it's worth a look.

Sometimes we shove problems aside because we don't have time to deal with them. We've all been there. Or we come up with a change—like buying bigger pants—that makes a problem like sneaky weight gain less uncomfortable, but as Mr. Money Mustache reminds us, this is really no cure.

If you're having some trouble convincing your boss that you're really engaged and interested in getting ahead, one of the best ways to show that you're eager to do a great job is to fix your own problems instead of making everything your boss's problem. Don't just point out problems when you see them, point them out…

Whether you call it analysis paralysis or simple procrastination, there's something to be said for the "shut up and ship" approach to getting things done. Sometimes when you're faced with a dozen options, the best solution is to trust your gut, pick one, and just do something instead of doing nothing.

Problems can be difficult to solve when we only know the issue and none of the steps to fix it. Sometimes it's even more daunting to figure out what those steps are at all. This guide will help you take just about any problem and figure out a plan to solve it and stay motivated when handling long-term issues.